Haven't had the joys of meeting the Lossie bloke, but he'll have to cut the mustard at LYE or the truckies will get mad
The other 2 I met liked executive lunches and salutes, but tried to avoid aircraft and crews asking awkward questions. One was and ex-bloke (by that I mean JR - gotta be careful nowadays !) who was told he wasn't going anywhere, the other one was probably born in a manor where 'people' just did things like the job for them.
I agree that a lot of it is about personalities, but the sausage factory has gotta stop brainwashing JO's too. There are still quite a few listen too intently at IOT and take it all on board !
I believe that the FOTs course should have actually been TOO selective to begin with, so they ended up with the right people - they're out there, but we have quite a few numpties to contend with too. Hey - makes my job interesting !
As for the other branches moving in - I think they perceive it as easy money and promotion - unfortunately, right now, it is !